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US7385309B2 US11/048,905 US4890505A US7385309B2 US 7385309 B2 US7385309 B2 US 7385309B2 US 4890505 A US4890505 A US 4890505A US 7385309 B2 US7385309 B2 US 7385309B2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60L—PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M10/00—Secondary cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M10/06—Lead-acid accumulators
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M10/00—Secondary cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M10/42—Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02K—DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
    • H02K44/00—Machines in which the dynamo-electric interaction between a plasma or flow of conductive liquid or of fluid-borne conductive or magnetic particles and a coil system or magnetic field converts energy of mass flow into electrical energy or vice versa
    • H02K44/28—Association of MHD generators with conventional generators
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/10—Energy storage using batteries
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
    • Y02T10/60—Other road transportation technologies with climate change mitigation effect
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  • the subject of the present invention is in general, innovative architecture for systems of generating and distributing energy on board motor vehicles.
  • the invention relates to a system for generation and distribution of energy on board a motor vehicle provided with
  • the architecture of the system most currently used in the automobile field for generation of mechanical and electrical energy envisages the use of a propulsion unit, typically an internal combustion engine, with an associated electrical starter motor, an electricity generator driven to rotate by the propulsion unit, and at least one accumulator battery, typically of the lead-acid type.
  • a propulsion unit typically an internal combustion engine
  • an electricity generator driven to rotate by the propulsion unit
  • at least one accumulator battery typically of the lead-acid type.
  • the on-board electrical consumer devices and apparatus such as, for example, the engine control system, the lighting installation, the ABS system etc, are supplied with electrical energy rendered available by the generator and/or the accumulator battery.
  • the electricity generator typically a three-phase alternator with associated bridge rectifier circuit
  • the propulsion unit is driven to rotate by the propulsion unit.
  • This creates problems in that this arrangement does not easily allow optimisation of the control and management strategies for operation of the propulsion unit for the purpose of reducing fuel consumption and the emission of pollutants, a decoupling of the function of the propulsion unit from that of the electrical apparatus or devices being, on the other hand desirable for this purpose.
  • This problem is more important if it is considered that in the future a significant increase in the demand for electrical power on board vehicles from the current 2-3 kw to levels of the order of 10 kw are envisaged.
  • One object of the present invention is to propose innovative architectures for systems for generation and distribution of energy on board motor vehicles, which allows the achievement of improved efficiency both in terms of generation yield and in terms of management of the electrical users and simplification of the implementation of new functions.
  • Micro-scale combustors and their applications are described for instance in A. Carlos Fernandez-Pello, “Micro-Power Generation Using Combustors: Issues and Approaches”, Topical Review at the Twenty-Ninth International Symposium on Combustion, Jul. 21-26, 2002, Sapporo, Japan.
  • the propulsion unit of the motor vehicle is an internal combustion engine and the said at least one battery or matrix of microcombustor generators has an exhaust manifold selectively connectable to this internal combustion engine in such a way that the exhaust gases from the microcombustors of the said battery or matrix of generators are able to cause starting of this internal combustion engine.
  • the conventional electric starter motor associated with the internal combustion engine it is therefore conveniently possible to do away with the conventional electric starter motor associated with the internal combustion engine.
  • the said at least one battery or matrix of microcombustor generators conveniently has an exhaust manifold selectively connectable in a controlled manner to the said heat exchanger.
  • An exhaust manifold or duct of the said at least one battery or matrix of microcombustor generators may conveniently be coupled to a magnetohydrodynamic effect electricity generator, for example of the type described in earlier U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/014839 in the name of the same Applicant, the electrical output of which is coupled to the said at least one electrical energy distribution network or line of on board the motor vehicle.
  • the or each batter of microcombustor generators may in general comprise an array of M ⁇ N microcombustors disposed in M rows and N columns and electrically connected together for example in series by columns and in parallel by rows.
  • Such a battery or matrix of generators is conveniently associated with a supervision and control unit (management controller) arranged to determine an electrical output with predetermined current and voltage characteristics and which can be modulated through a suitable selection of the number of generators which are made active.
  • the electrical output can for example be varied by steps of 2 volts by varying the number of activated microgenerators.
  • this motor can be supplied with electrical energy generated by the said at least one battery or matrix of microcombustor electricity generators, for example of the type known from the above cited preceding patent applications.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram representation of the structure of a first system for generation and distribution of energy on board a motor vehicle according to the invention.
  • FIGS. 2 to 4 are block diagram representations of variant embodiments of the system according to the invention.
  • FIG. 1 the propulsion unit of the motor vehicle provided with a system for generation and distribution of electrical energy according to the invention is indicated E.
  • the propulsion unit E is, for example, an internal combustion engine of traditional type, supplied with fuel F from a tank R.
  • This fuel may be, for example, petrol, diesel, methane or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) or even hydrogen.
  • the system comprises two electrical energy distribution lines at different voltages (for example at 42V d.c. and 12V d.c. respectively) and, in particular, one line including two conductors 1 and 2 of which the second is connected to ground GND and the second line including the conductor 2 and a further conductor indicated 3 .
  • a plurality of selectively activatable electrical consumer devices or apparatus are connected to the distribution lines 1 - 2 and 2 - 3 .
  • these devices or apparatus comprise an electric starter motor M, a system for the direct control of valves or injectors DVC, an air conditioning, ventilation and heater system HVAC, devices XBW for control of the functions in a so-called “by-wire” manner, and possible others connected to the line 1 - 2 .
  • the system shown in FIG. 1 comprises (at least) one battery or matrix MGM of microcombustor electricity generators, supplied with a combustion supporter, for example oxygen or air, and with a fuel which may be the fuel F coming directly from the tank R or a derived fuel, for example hydrogen obtained from a reformer FR supplied at its input with the fuel F.
  • a combustion supporter for example oxygen or air
  • a fuel which may be the fuel F coming directly from the tank R or a derived fuel, for example hydrogen obtained from a reformer FR supplied at its input with the fuel F.
  • the matrix MGM of electricity generators may include, for example, a plurality of microcombustor generators of a type known from the patent application mentioned above, as well as the type described in the earlier U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/980153, again in the name of the same Applicant.
  • the microcombustors or at least groups of these are connected together fluidically in parallel, and the associated converter means which provide electrical energy at the output are conveniently connected together in series.
  • Other modes of fluid and/or electrical connection are however possible.
  • an electronic control unit EPMS which supervises the management and generation of energy.
  • the control unit EPMS is moreover connected to the lines 1 - 2 and 2 - 3 .
  • This unit which can be formed using microprocessors, is conveniently arranged to control the functioning of the battery or matrix MGM of generators in predetermined modes as a function of the instantaneous electrical power requirements for the power consumed by the distribution lines and the devices and apparatus connected to it.
  • the unit EPMS is in particular arranged to modulate the electrical power generated by the matrix MGM of generators via a modulation of the number of microcombustor electricity generators activated from time to time, and/or by modulating the rate of flow of fuel F and/or of combustion supporter supplied to the matrix MGM via controlled solenoid valve devices such as those indicated ELV.
  • the motor vehicle can be formed without need for the traditional on-board electricity generator (alternator) and the associated accumulator battery.
  • the system makes it possible to de-couple the function of the propulsion unit E from that of the electricalteils. This makes it possible to optimise the control and management strategies for operation of the engine E, with consequent reduction in fuel consumption and polluting emissions.
  • FIG. 2 is shown a variant embodiment of a system according to the invention.
  • the same or substantially equivalent parts and components as those already described have again been attributed the same alphabetic or numeric reference symbols.
  • the battery or matrix of generators MGM has an exhaust manifold EM 1 coupled to the internal combustion engine E, for example by means of a solenoid valve device ELV 1 controlled by the unit EPMS in such a way that the exhaust gases from the microcombustors of the battery or matrix MGM of generators, or at least one of them, are capable of causing starting of the internal combustion engine.
  • the battery or matrix MGM of generators may conveniently have an exhaust manifold such as that indicated EM 2 in FIG. 2 , selectively connectable to the said heat exchanger, for example by means of a solenoid valve device ELV 2 , likewise controlled by the unit EPMS.
  • ELV 2 a solenoid valve device
  • FIG. 3 there is schematically illustrated a further variant embodiment of a system according to the invention.
  • the same or substantially corresponding elements or components as those described already have again been attributed the same alphanumeric references used previously.
  • an exhaust manifold EME of the internal combustion engine E is coupled to the inlet of a magnetohydrodynamic effect electricity generator MHDG, the electrical output of which is coupled to at least one of the distribution lines 1 - 2 and 2 - 3 .
  • the magnetohydrodynamic effect electricity generator MHDG can be of one of the types described in any of the patent documents cited in the introduction to the present description, or of other type known per se.
  • the coupling of the exhaust manifold of the engine E to a magnetohydrodynamic effect electricity generator can also be achieved in a system of the type illustrated with reference to FIG. 1 described above.
  • the exhaust manifold EEM of the engine E can be coupled to the input of a high kinetic energy positive ion electricity generator, the positive ions of which are obtained from the plasma produced by the combustion reaction and separated from the electrons for example by means of a neutralisation or masking grille.
  • the exhaust manifold EEM of the engine E can be coupled to the input of an electricity generator operating in a detonation, impulsed or continuous regime, or a magnetic suspension rotary generator operating by combustion in a deflagration or detonation regime, or still further, to the input of an electricity generator of the magnetic micropiston type, or to a generator operating in a confined combustion regime in which the control of the reagents is obtained in cavities which contribute to “selection” of the kinetics of the chemical and physical reaction.
  • FIG. 4 there is shown a variant embodiment of a system according to the invention for use in a motor vehicle the propulsion of which can be achieved by means of an electric machine PM fed with the electrical energy generated by a plurality of batteries or microcombustor electricity generator matrices indicated MGM 1 -MGMn.
  • the electric propulsion machine PM can be used as the sole vehicle propulsion unit (electric vehicle) or as an alternative to an internal combustion engine of traditional type (hybrid vehicle).

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